tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post1197886519325070231..comments2023-09-25T02:17:01.787-07:00Comments on Bar Mitzvahzilla: Mirror, MirrorLinda Pressmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-83249779847684740342010-02-23T23:01:39.199-07:002010-02-23T23:01:39.199-07:00Charlotte, I tweezed them into a near moonscape wh...Charlotte, I tweezed them into a near moonscape when I was about fifteen in reaction to what had been there before: a unibrow! Now my eyebrows are afraid of me so I'm slowly coaxing them back. This may take awhile.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-34320842001939556282010-02-23T19:33:06.907-07:002010-02-23T19:33:06.907-07:00My mom had a magnified mirror at her house and the...My mom had a magnified mirror at her house and the first time I glanced in it I almost fell off the chair. I don't want to see myself that closely. Ever. Good luck with the eyebrows. I wish my problem was with them NOT growing fast enough.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349403417525132723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-67179485273586841862010-02-23T11:06:44.073-07:002010-02-23T11:06:44.073-07:00Amy, I know. If I only was more sophisticated (i.e...Amy, I know. If I only was more sophisticated (i.e. got my eyebrows DONE) then I wouldn't need this barbaric tool. Until then, I pluck like a chicken.Linda Pressmanhttp://barmitzvahzilla.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-28948802586841072442010-02-23T09:16:43.403-07:002010-02-23T09:16:43.403-07:00ha ha ha ha -- just finished my magnifiying/depres...ha ha ha ha -- just finished my magnifiying/depression session! someday i will spring for laser.amyhttp://girlinapartyhat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-32287513538791494862010-02-22T22:51:24.421-07:002010-02-22T22:51:24.421-07:00BLW - okay, time for you to make a list of what...BLW - okay, time for you to make a list of what's in the purse. I know what's in the wallet, but I'm ready for more details!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-3206050881280493772010-02-22T22:48:08.003-07:002010-02-22T22:48:08.003-07:00Cheryl, so funny and true. What on earth would som...Cheryl, so funny and true. What on earth would someone be doing standing that close to me anyway? The only person with any business there is my husband and he wouldn't notice it if I grew another head. Well, maybe that.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-40411082746675198092010-02-22T22:45:47.090-07:002010-02-22T22:45:47.090-07:00Aidan, you are so smart. I cannot believe that the...Aidan, you are so smart. I cannot believe that the analogy just slipped past me! You're right of course. I used to come screaming out of our powder room when I was a kid, complaining about all these aspects of my appearance. My mother (the sensitive Holocaust Survivor) would say, "If you didn't look so closely, you wouldn't see anything wrong." Thanks Mom.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-31533264463790376082010-02-22T22:43:40.963-07:002010-02-22T22:43:40.963-07:00Suzicate, I used to break mirrors all the time whe...Suzicate, I used to break mirrors all the time when I was a kid, painstakingly counting off all the 7 year increments of bad luck. Lost track awhile back... If the image in the magnifying mirror is any indication, I'm still in one.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-78236695741385346212010-02-22T22:42:11.433-07:002010-02-22T22:42:11.433-07:00Nicki, I have one mirror in my house that's a ...Nicki, I have one mirror in my house that's a "skinny" mirror - it makes everyone appear to have lost 20 lbs! I need to patent that thing!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-81415849459077299382010-02-22T19:11:41.536-07:002010-02-22T19:11:41.536-07:00Sarah, that is so funny about the regular bathroom...Sarah, that is so funny about the regular bathroom mirror. Fogged up? A-okay. Clear? Running past to get clothes on. It's disheartening. Can you imagine if the big mirror above the sink was magnified? Ack.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-18569253357040735922010-02-22T13:22:54.992-07:002010-02-22T13:22:54.992-07:00Oh, you make me laugh! I have the kind of mirror t...Oh, you make me laugh! I have the kind of mirror that you flip - normal reflection (and I use the term nauseously), and magnification on the other side.<br /><br />I stopped flipping it about 3 years ago. Head in the sand, tweezers in the purse. Works for me.BigLittleWolfhttp://dailyplateofcrazy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-32497163469512460122010-02-22T08:51:57.013-07:002010-02-22T08:51:57.013-07:00LOL, yes, I ditched mine years ago with the theory...LOL, yes, I ditched mine years ago with the theory that if the stray eyebrow hair is not noticeable to me in the regular mirror, it won't be noticeable to the grocery clerk. Unless he's standing way too close, and then my eyebrows will be the least of my (and his) problems. Found you through Motherese; so glad I did!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17370673028526668464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-2449027252127866192010-02-22T08:49:45.126-07:002010-02-22T08:49:45.126-07:00Of course I am fixated on the metaphor here. Maybe...Of course I am fixated on the metaphor here. Maybe looking at ourselves and life too closely makes us miserable. Maybe analyzing every pore of existence is a recipe for despair. Maybe we are just supposed to look, see, absorb without squinting too hard and reaching for that magnifying glass?<br /><br />Great post. As always!Aidan Donnelley Rowley @ Ivy League Insecuritieshttp://ivyleagueinsecurities.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-32190820819994012552010-02-22T07:30:44.051-07:002010-02-22T07:30:44.051-07:00Hilarious...found you through Motherese. I used to...Hilarious...found you through Motherese. I used to look at myslef through magnification side of the mirror, and alas the mirror "mysteriously" broke. Which led to seven years of bad luck ...now I'm even more horrid looking than I was!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-36764933133446053422010-02-22T07:21:41.947-07:002010-02-22T07:21:41.947-07:00I don't think I could manage to live with a mi...I don't think I could manage to live with a mirror like that. I have few mirrors in my house to start with. Don't need this one! LOL!Nickihttp://www.nickisnook.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-57715961021684552432010-02-22T05:16:44.279-07:002010-02-22T05:16:44.279-07:00Hahaha, Women's Wear Daily. Ha ha ha!
Love t...Hahaha, Women's Wear Daily. Ha ha ha! <br /><br />Love this, Linda! Love love love. <br />I had one of these mirrors when I was just a young chicklet. Back then I thought it was fascinating. And now? Now I think I'm wise enough to NEVER EVER BUY ONE AGAIN. I barely glimpse myself in the regular bathroom mirror on the wall! Let alone at 1000000x magnification. Ew. Just Ew.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188568358103640489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-84712059731709784492010-02-21T21:28:25.456-07:002010-02-21T21:28:25.456-07:00Kristen, I don't know what possessed me in buy...Kristen, I don't know what possessed me in buying it. I mean, how closely exactly do I need to tweeze these eyebrows? Is Womens Wear Daily coming to visit? And nothing like learning to put in contacts with your eye the size of an alien's.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-10648181914146457562010-02-21T21:26:19.292-07:002010-02-21T21:26:19.292-07:00TKW, Well, now that you mentioned those nose hairs...TKW, Well, now that you mentioned those nose hairs...(you always seem to say it like it is!) aren't men supposed to be the only ones with them? I mean, I've been oh-so-tenderly telling my husband when it's time for a trim for years. Is it time for my retribution, then? Sigh.Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-75584641185093526992010-02-21T21:24:23.499-07:002010-02-21T21:24:23.499-07:00Chris, Right. Our faces are not meant to be looked...Chris, Right. Our faces are not meant to be looked at fallen forwards! "Soul crushing mirror of the apocalypse" indeed!Linda Pressmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809808676659629555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-85096652739757354002010-02-21T18:28:49.551-07:002010-02-21T18:28:49.551-07:00Hilarious post as usual, Linda!
As a kid, I had...Hilarious post as usual, Linda! <br /><br />As a kid, I had one of those flippy mirrors cmoursler mentioned - for some reason, my mom bought it for me when I got contacts in middle school. (Maybe it was supposed to help me insert them?) Thank goodness, that mirror was left behind many moves ago and I haven't looked in a magnifying mirror since. I don't look forward to the next time I happen upon one...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-15278084182825284852010-02-21T17:40:35.608-07:002010-02-21T17:40:35.608-07:00Magnifying mirrors are the Devil's instrument....Magnifying mirrors are the Devil's instrument. Like I wanna see those black chin hairs? Those crow's feet? The stray nose hair from Hell? NOOOOOOOOOOO.<br /><br />Ditch the magnifying mirror. No good can come from it.TKWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409505008377005185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3156821579309080273.post-75273911543368161852010-02-21T15:55:14.706-07:002010-02-21T15:55:14.706-07:00only a little....lol. I have a flippy mirror....on...only a little....lol. I have a flippy mirror....on one side normal...the other...soul crushing mirror of the apocalypse.<br />If you really want to mess yourself up, bend over the mirror and watch your face sag and melt.<br />That's always good fun. lolChristinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708815560712267698noreply@blogger.com